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package org.apache.mina.http.api;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * A chunk of an HTTP request or response. can be follwowed by another chunk or {@link HttpEndOfContent} marking the end
 * of the content
 * 
 * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a>
 */
public class HttpContentChunk implements HttpPdu {

    private ByteBuffer content;

    public HttpContentChunk(ByteBuffer content) {
        this.content = content;
    }

    /**
     * The content of the chunk. A part of the HTTP message content.
     */
    public ByteBuffer getContent() {
        return content;
    }

    @Override
    public ByteBuffer encode(HttpPduEncodingVisitor visitor) {
        return visitor.visit(this);
    }

}
